Remembering Craig Mack, The Humble Hero Of ‘90s Hip-Hop

RIP Mack.

Remembering the legendary Craig Mack, who died March 12th, 2018. Best known for his album Project: Funk da World and his hit single Flava in Ya Ear.RIP Mack.

Today is the day for remembering Craig Mack, the legend who inspired some of the greatest hip-hop jams of all time. His album Project: Funk da World, along with singles “Get Down”, “What I Need” and most notably “Flava in Ya Ear”, paved the way for an entire generation of rappers. The latter banger was the first single to be released on Diddy’s label, Bad Boy Records, so it only made sense that legends like a Notorious B.I.G., LL Cool J, and Busta Rhymes, hopped on the official remix.

His death comes at a particularly poignant time, as we’re currently just days past the 21st anniversary of label mate Biggie Smalls’ death. The news of Mack’s passing has prompted fellow artists to speak out on how profound an impact he made on not only their careers, but the industry as a whole. Everyone from Questlove to Diddy took to Twitter to express their gratitude and appreciation for the fallen rapper.

Craig Mack, you were the first artist to release music on Bad Boy and gave us our first hit. You always followed your heart and you had an energy that was out of this world. You believed in me and you believed in Bad Boy. I will never forget what you did for hip-hop. pic.twitter.com/qvnxRTcdXv